Jing 2

My screen cast is an activity that could be used during an extended period of school closure caused by inclement weather. This is the context I used when I created this activity. What I liked the most about the Jing activities is that they correspond closely with standard 5 set forth by the ISTE NETS. Using this tool as well as teaching students to use it is an excellent way to use technology to engage professional growth and leadership. This is an excellent tool for instructing and leading. Teachers and students alike would benefit tremendously in terms of leadership by knowing how to use it.

Learning Outcomes Responses to Test Questions:

1. The two types of files that come out of Jing are .swf files and .png files. If a graphic or screen cast is saved as a .swf file, it is only viewable by the individual who created it. In order to be viewed by others it must be shared via screen cast. By doing this, the file is then given a URL and can be viewed on the Internet.

2. Upon completing a graphic or screen cast, we can save these files in our Jing history by clicking the save button. With this these files are stored in the Jing history of the account we created.

3. Upon completing and saving a graphic or screen cast it can be linked by clicking the save button. Once it is saved it is automatically stored in the Jing history file. Upon viewing it in the Jing history it is given a .swf file by clicking the share button. In order for it to have a link that can be viewed by others, it must be uploaded via screen cast. To do this, the user needs to view the graphic or screen cast and click the share via screen cast button. With this, one's computer may take a few minutes to upload the video and assign a URL address. Once a URL address is assigned, it can then be pasted and sent for others to view.

4. Both saving and retrieving Jing objects is simple. Upon completing a graphic or screen cast, one only needs to click the save icon located at the bottom of the screen. This automatically stores the file as a SWF file in the Jing history. In order to retrieve an object, one needs to click on the Jing sunshine icon and choose history. This will open the cache containing the all of one's saved files. All one needs to do is click on the icon of the saved file that he/she wants to retrieve.

5. Importing Jing graphics was a little more complicated than I thought. I tried several methods to doing this. The one that seemed to work the best was saving the files to my computer and uploading them to the blog via adding them through my computer as opposed to having it search the listed URL. Blogger would not even let me upload a video via URL. I had to use the video file from my computer in order to import it to my blog. As far as creating hotlinks, the process was the same as for other assignments. All I had to do was highlight the keywords for the hotlink and use the link function from Blogger in order to designate the URL address for the words I chose to link to the websites.

6. A Jing screen cast is saved as a .swf file, but once it is shared via screen cast it is assigned a URL that enables it to be viewed by anyone.

7. We can covert Jing objects including images and videos. When something is captured it can either be stored as a still image or if it is a video it can be converted to a Jing file so long as the capture video function is chosen. With this, the original sound from the video can be used, or it can be altered based on what the user chooses.